I’ve written before about the walking artists collective I’m part of, Walking The Land, and their monthly First Friday Walks. These walks are fantastic – we have a theme, meet in a place (sometimes people join in remotely), and walk and discuss, with plenty of time for artistic response-making along the way. There are writers,Continue reading “Relationships With Trees – First Friday Walk, August 2022”
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In this place; at this time: Beltane 2022
image: my husband at Callanaish on our honeymoon, February 2006. soundtrack: Lisa Knapp, ‘Till April Is Dead – A Garland Of May. It is the coming of the May, and Beltane is upon us. I am feeling grateful today. In nearly 20 years of working with the seasons, Beltane is a festival I have alwaysContinue reading “In this place; at this time: Beltane 2022”
First Friday Walk – January 2022
“Exploring the world is one of the best ways of exploring the mind, and walking travels both terrains.” Rebecca Solnit, from Wanderlust: A History of Walking. This was the seed thought given for consideration during Walking The Land’s monthly First Friday walk. I walked with my friend J rather than with the main group – thoughContinue reading “First Friday Walk – January 2022”
Janus, Edgelands and New Years Day 2022
Today felt like a day that needed to be marked somehow, so I took Fen and me off to Aust. It is such a conjunction of places, confluence and convergence, a perfect place to mark the end of the first day of a new year. For the Romans, this was a sacred day for Janus,Continue reading “Janus, Edgelands and New Years Day 2022”
Rame Head Peninsula – October 2021
Part One: Tregantle – Rame Head – Tregantle I am staying in Plymouth courtesy of my cousins, so I can re-visit the beautiful Rame Head peninsula that I started to explore last August. With only a day or two to spare, I have to decide where to spend my time. For my first day’s walkingContinue reading “Rame Head Peninsula – October 2021”
In This Place; At This Time: Summer Solstice 2021
A Solstice in three parts. As ever, the Solstice felt like a transition period, not merely a day on the calendar, or a micro-measured blink-and-you’ll-miss-it astronomical fixed point. I can always identify the start of such transitions – all of a sudden it is ‘Solstice Time’ – but you never know when it’s going toContinue reading “In This Place; At This Time: Summer Solstice 2021”
Terminalia 2021
What is Terminalia? Terminalia is the ancient Roman festival honouring Terminus, god of boundaries. In times past, he was represented by a simple stone marker. There are no myths or statues of Terminus, showing his great and possibly primal age – when we find gods like this, they tend to represent immutable natural law. TheyContinue reading “Terminalia 2021”
In This Place; At This Time – Imbolc I 2021
The Walk Of The Three Longbarrows – the first in a series of three Imbolc walks taking place over 2-3 weeks. The monotony and restrictions of the current lockdown were starting to tell, and amplified unbearably my usual New Year impulse to break out, break away, do something. I decided to set out on aContinue reading “In This Place; At This Time – Imbolc I 2021”
Deep time and Solsticetide
I love this time of year, when the world holds its breath and the stillness and quiet of Solsticetide cradle my starburst brain like a soft pair of doves wings, or a gentle pair of mothering hands. I feel myself sinking into the quiet earth, sensing an echo of myself where all appears dormant onContinue reading “Deep time and Solsticetide”
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